guilty pleasures

[neverstarsburn.livejournal.com]

He's an amalgamation of names I like but probably wouldn't use/dirty pleasure names:

Boys:

Amir
Amory
Sirius
West
Orion
Haven
Spencer
Lex (probably a nn for Alexei)
Landon
Aloysius (may use as a middle name, family name)
Baylor

Girls:

Autumn Leigh (though its a guilty pleasure, i may use it)
Mer (means sea in frence, is said like Mare)
Mecca
Atlanta
Sunshine (this was my exgirlfriends favourite name, we were going to make it a middle name for Lennon)
Rosalind
Eva (said eh-vah, not ee-vah)
May
Cecily (said sess-ih-lee, not siss-ih-lee)
Beatrix
Augustine (may actually use)
Adelaide
Morrison
Fee (said like fay, french for fairy)
Bella
Carolina
Strawberry (another of my ex's favourite names)


also, there is a girl in my class at university named Yekaterina, said like yeh-kat-er-eena, she's russian. i dont like it, do you?

Comments

[jazzyaimsaru.livejournal.com]

Amir makes me think of the main character from The Kite Runner

[neverstarsburn.livejournal.com]

thats where I got it from, to be honest, and I got Laila from Husseini's other book A Thousand Splendid Suns

[searlait.livejournal.com]

I knew a Yekaterina, but we just called her Katya or Kittie for short.

My super!secret dream is to have two girls named Magnolia and Coco. It's horrible.

[neverstarsburn.livejournal.com]

mine is to name my daughters Morisson and Lennon (im really going to use lennon) or my kids things like Autumn Leigh, West, and Lex

[babyisinme.livejournal.com]

this is my name (catherine) in Russian :o)

[babyisinme.livejournal.com]

Yekaterina, that is.

[mizsfrankie.livejournal.com]

I really like Amir, Amory (But spelt Emory) and Orion

[neverstarsburn.livejournal.com]

I have it spelled Amory because its a reference to the protagonist in Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise, which is my favourite book, and its said ay-mory instead of ehm-ory

[sailthemoon.livejournal.com]

I like Sirius and Orion for boys.

Autumn is sort of a guilty pleasure for me, too, though I'd never use it. I like Adelaide, Beatrix (this one is sort of a guilty pleasure, too), Bella, and Carolina.

Eva is one of my favorite names and I would definitely consider using it, though I'd pronounce it Ee-vah.

[neverstarsburn.livejournal.com]

I would of course never have two boys named Sirius and Orion but i like them seperately, my worry with any pronounciation of Eva is that its so close to Ava which is too popular as of late

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Beatrix is the name of our queen (of The Netherlands, that is) so I really can't see anyone using it 8) (that's just me, I know).
Fee is Dutch for fairy too =D In an English speaking country, I much prefer Faye though, since 'fee' is something completely different.
I love May. I like Haven.

[neverstarsburn.livejournal.com]

Faye is nice too, i just really dislike Fay. I would have an accent over the first e, like in french, if i spelled it Fee

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Your ex doesn't want to name children.. he/she wants to name pets..

I love Sirius
Orion
Lex/Alexei

Mer
Eva
Cecily
Adelaide
Bella


Morrison is atrotious for a girl.

[neverstarsburn.livejournal.com]

Adelaide and Bella have both recently grown on me a lot.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Me too.
I love Adelaide a lot, but since my boyfriend is Australian he won't go for it.

Bella is lvoely, but kind of blah.. it's turning trendy I fear.

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

Amir - like it, but wouldn't use myself
Amory - ugh, not a fan
Sirius - I hate most Harry Potter names except for James, Lily, Harry, Ginny, Ronald, etc. that are common names on their own. Sirius is too obvious.
West - It's okay. It makes me think of David Dachovny's daughter.
Orion - Like it a lot.
Haven - I don't like it, and I've only met girls named Haven.
Spencer - Like it, but wouldn't use it myself.
Lex (probably a nn for Alexei) - Like it. I would use it as a nn for Alexei or Alexander.
Landon - Too trendy lately.
Aloysius (may use as a middle name, family name) - it would be OK as a middle name, if it's a family name; don't like it otherwise.
Baylor - Like it a LOT.

Girls:

Autumn Leigh (though its a guilty pleasure, i may use it) - Autumn I like; Leigh is too boring.
Mer (means sea in frence, is said like Mare) - wouldn't mind it as a nn for something else: Meryl, Mary, etc.
Mecca - Uh, no.
Atlanta - Again, NO.
Sunshine (this was my exgirlfriends favourite name, we were going to make it a middle name for Lennon) - No. Definitely no.
Rosalind - Okay, but not one I'd use myself.
Eva (said eh-vah, not ee-vah) - I'd spell it Ava if you want that pronunciation.
May - Okay, but kind of plain.
Cecily (said sess-ih-lee, not siss-ih-lee) - I prefer Cecilia.
Beatrix - Okay, but I'm not really a fan.
Augustine (may actually use) - I see it as a male name because of St. Augustine.
Adelaide - Okay, but not one I'd use.
Morrison - NO. I could see it working on a boy, but what is with this trend of using surnames on girls? It's awful. Especially when they make people think of formerly famous rock stars.
Fee (said like fay, french for fairy) - Don't like it at all.
Bella - Yuck.
Carolina - I prefer Caroline, but Carolina isn't bad at all.
Strawberry (another of my ex's favourite names) - Um, no. As in Shortcake?

[neverstarsburn.livejournal.com]

Eva wouldn't be said like Ava though, it would be like ehh-vah like the noise in fed but without the D and F. Ava is usually ay-vah, right?

[kandeekiss.livejournal.com]

I like Orion and Landon for boysm, and Bella and Cecily for girls.

And my little cousin's name is Yekaterina! She was adopted from Russia when she was a year old and they decided to keep her name, they just call her Katie. Her brother's name is Serge.

[neverstarsburn.livejournal.com]

is it a common name in russia? i wonder

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

I like:
West
Spencer
Lex (nn for Alexei)
Autumn Leigh
Strawberry (super guilty pleasure!)

[neverstarsburn.livejournal.com]

about strawberry, i know! when griffin suggested it i was like NO! but then it grew on me.

[pixietangerine.livejournal.com]

i like most of your names.
i think morrison would be a better boy's name, though, with the "son" part and all it just isn't a feminine name, or even unisex.

i also adore augustine, but on a boy. though i believe that one really is unisex now.

not a fan of landon or haven, they seem really trendy, but the rest of your boys names are nice.

and i have to admit, i LOVE the name sunshine. i plan on giving all my children "hippie" middle names like sunshine. that way they'll have first names that people take seriously, but can have their beautiful hippie name if they prefer. my mother is a hippie and feel completely gypped that i never got a hippie name. haha.
lennon sunshine would be lovely in my opinion, but you'd get a lot of crap for that from the general population.

[neverstarsburn.livejournal.com]

my father wanted to name me Rainbow, but my mother wouldn't have it, so i've always had an affection for hippie names

[babyisinme.livejournal.com]

Aloysius (may use as a middle name, family name)

This was my great grandfather's name. It's such a great name!

[neverstarsburn.livejournal.com]

its my grandfather and great grandfather and so on back through the lines name, as well as my cousins

[lneef.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you think of these as guilty pleasures.

Usable, in my opinion:

Amir (if you have an ethnic background or another connection to India)
Alexei (like Amir, better used with the proper connection.)
Aloysius (as a middle name, fine)
Autumn Leigh (why not?)
Rosalind
Eva (to me it's either ee-vuh or ay-vuh. I don't think I've ever heard eh-vuh)
May
Cecily
Beatrix
Adelaide
Bella
Carolina

My favorite off that list is Carolina. Love it!

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

Out of your list I like:
Sirius
Orion
Lex - Love!
Rosalind - would probably use!
Adelaide - Ditto
Bella

My others are:
Caspian
Harley
Leander
Lancelot
Lysander
Phoenix
Rohan
Valerian

Athena
Bellatrix
Lynette
Lysanor

[neverstarsburn.livejournal.com]

i'm glad to see someone else with lots of literary references!

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

:D